Twenty short stories, most of them weird tales. The second book and first collection of short fiction by an author noted for his fiction set in Cornwall and his anthologies of ghost stories. A later selection of his supernatural tales was issued by Arkham House in 1971. The present title "reflects the loss and displacement-of-self experienced as a result of World War II; its horrors are as much psychological as supernatural, with a delight in the inexplicable." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), pp. 80-81.
Denys Val Baker was a Cornish writer, specialising in short stories, novels, and autobiographical novels. He was also known for his activities as an editor, and promotion of the arts in Cornwall.